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**PackerfanXD** · 05-30-2008, 04:30 PM

My wife and I just got back from Walmart. As we were looking for a spot, my wife, who is much more situationally aware than I am, saw some scumbag that she thought was breaking into a Caddy but she wasn't sure. I pulled into the next aisle and parked just across for him.
At this point I see him jimmy the door and reach inside, grab a purse and start walking off looking around. As he walks off I jump out and start running after him. My wife tells witnesses to call 911. I am right on this guy and I know that I'll catch him within 30-40 strides. He rounds a conversion van and when i got up to it I lost him temporarily. Then I see a beater back out two parking spaces next to me.
I run in back of it (stupid), slap the trunk with my hands and yelled for him to stop. He didn't. He nearly ran me over backing up. After I got out of the way I ran in front of the car. This time I had my shirt up over my XD. I had one hand on a now obvious pistol and the other hand making a stop gesture. He didn't. He damn near killed me. I also noticed that he had a female passenger as well. I was able to get a decent description and license plate which I passed on to the cops.
The owners finally come out of WallyWorld and we tell them what happened. They were very thankful that I tried to get the guy. The cops were cool too. I told the officer that I had CWP and that I wanted to draw down but didn't. He said of course that I did the right thing. I wanted to ask him if I did draw down on the guy If I would have been arrested but forgot to ask.
I'll tell ya, I was running as fast as I have in some time. If that guy kept running, I would've ground him into the parking lot.

**BOFH** · 05-30-2008, 04:39 PM

Good for you. Sounds like you did everything you could legally do.

gsx1138 · 05-30-2008, 04:40 PM

Wow, I cooked some burgers for lunch. That's as exciting as my day got.

Pltybx · 05-30-2008, 04:40 PM

Way to go Kojak! What WW was that?

Reeek · 05-30-2008, 04:41 PM

Good restraint on the pistol. Thank God you're physically ok after the encounter with the beater

Tally XD · 05-30-2008, 04:44 PM

Good job! Maybe your info will get the thugs arrested

**PackerfanXD** · 05-30-2008, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pltybx

Way to go Kojak! What WW was that?

Thanks! 19th/Bell.

**magnumize** · 05-30-2008, 04:47 PM

Damn good job,Glad your ok.

**Cannibul** · 05-30-2008, 04:51 PM

A car is a deadly weapon. If someone tries to run you over you have the right in many states to respond with deadly force.

slugger6 · 05-30-2008, 04:55 PM

Wow, what a story! Too bad you didn't get the BG. Glad to know you are alright.

05-30-2008, 04:30 PM	#1
PackerfanXD XDTalk 5K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Ground zero of the invasion Posts: 7,056 Blog Entries: 1	My Walmart Adventure My wife and I just got back from Walmart. As we were looking for a spot, my wife, who is much more situationally aware than I am, saw some scumbag that she thought was breaking into a Caddy but she wasn't sure. I pulled into the next aisle and parked just across for him. At this point I see him jimmy the door and reach inside, grab a purse and start walking off looking around. As he walks off I jump out and start running after him. My wife tells witnesses to call 911. I am right on this guy and I know that I'll catch him within 30-40 strides. He rounds a conversion van and when i got up to it I lost him temporarily. Then I see a beater back out two parking spaces next to me. I run in back of it (stupid), slap the trunk with my hands and yelled for him to stop. He didn't. He nearly ran me over backing up. After I got out of the way I ran in front of the car. This time I had my shirt up over my XD. I had one hand on a now obvious pistol and the other hand making a stop gesture. He didn't. He damn near killed me. I also noticed that he had a female passenger as well. I was able to get a decent description and license plate which I passed on to the cops. The owners finally come out of WallyWorld and we tell them what happened. They were very thankful that I tried to get the guy. The cops were cool too. I told the officer that I had CWP and that I wanted to draw down but didn't. He said of course that I did the right thing. I wanted to ask him if I did draw down on the guy If I would have been arrested but forgot to ask. I'll tell ya, I was running as fast as I have in some time. If that guy kept running, I would've ground him into the parking lot. __________________ The wealthiest nation in the world with the mightiest army man has ever assembled could not stop them. http://www.break.com/usercontent/200...00-358890.html PALIN/McCAIN '08 An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. -Author unknown.

05-30-2008, 04:40 PM	#3
gsx1138 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bremerton, Wa Posts: 387	Wow, I cooked some burgers for lunch. That's as exciting as my day got. __________________ “The very existence of flamethrowers proves that some time, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people over there on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done."” ~ George Carlin on the flamethrower Yeah, it's me: http://www.myspace.com/yngvar Wake up America, watch: America Freedom to Fascism

05-30-2008, 04:41 PM	#5
Reeek XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 1,781	Good restraint on the pistol. Thank God you're physically ok after the encounter with the beater __________________ U.S Navy Veteran - CTT - Naval Security Group Guns: XD9SC with Heinie Straight 8 Night Sights CZ P-01 with Meprolights - green/green EAA Witness (Tangfolio) Elite Match .45 Taurus PT1911 with Heinie Straight 8 Night Sights Kel-Tec P3AT Fulton Armory FAR-15 Predator, 24" SS 1x12 Barrel w/Mueller TAC II Savage 93R17 BVSS .17 HMR Remington 870 18" 6+1 w/Choate Mark 6

05-30-2008, 04:47 PM	#8
magnumize XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: ky Posts: 2,423	Damn good job,Glad your ok. __________________ Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take away everything you have..The course of history shows that as Government grows,liberty decreases...Thomas Jefferson The enemy teaches their kids how to handle RPGs and Ak-47s...our schools suspend kids for drawing a picture of a gun and teach Earth Day and putting a Trojan on a banana. Whats wrong with this picture? Brickboy240

05-30-2008, 04:55 PM	#10
slugger6 XDTalk 20K Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Ohio Posts: 20,125	Wow, what a story! Too bad you didn't get the BG. Glad to know you are alright. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". - Ralph Waldo Emerson

05-30-2008, 04:39 PM	#2
BOFH XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 315	Good for you. Sounds like you did everything you could legally do.

05-30-2008, 04:40 PM	#4
Pltybx XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tempe, AZ Posts: 708	Way to go Kojak! What WW was that?

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